The history of King Philip's War

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while the file fent, got undifcovered to the paffage of the
River, and found their watch all faft a fleep: but thefe
Tidings thoroughly awakened the whole Company. But
the Enemy giving them no prefent difturbance, they ex-
amined their Snapfacks, and taking a little refrefhment,
the Captain orders one party to guard the Horfes, and the
other to Scout, 235 who foon met with a Track, and follow-
ing of it, they were bro't to a fmall company of Indians,
who proved to be Little Eyes, and his Family, and near
Relations, who were of Soghonate, but had forfaken their
Country men, upon their making Peace with the EngliJJi.
Some of Capt. Churches Indians asked him, If he did not
know that Fellow ? Told him, This is the Rogue that
286 would have killedyou at Awafhonks Dance and lignified
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to him that now he had an opportunity to be revenged on
him. But the Captain told them, It was not Englifi-mans
faf/iion to feek revenge ; and that he fliould have the fame
qtiarter the reft had. Moving to the River fide, they found
an old Canoo, with which the Captain ordered Little Eyes
and his company to be carryed over to an Ifland; 237 Telling
him, he would leave him on that Ifland until he returned \
235 Thej muft have fcouted over the the fouthernmoft wharves of the latter,
ground where the city of New Bedford Fiih, Pope's, and Crow Iflands, nearly
now ftands. a mile further up, would not have en-
236 See note 19, ante. abled Lightfoot to look over upon Scon-
237 Probably what is now called Palm- ticut neck, as he feems next day to have
er's Ifland, on which the inner light- done ; but the narrow entrance to that
houfe ftands, midway of the channel, neck is in plain fight, two miles due
juft as it narrows between Fair Haven eaft from the lower extremity of Palmand
New Bedford, and in the range of er's.